Please confirm on the output of below function -
covdate = input(hire_date,yymmdd10.) + 360
if hire_date is 20010901. Will this output sas date ?
thanks,
latha
covdate = input(hire_date,yymmdd10.) + 360
if hire_date is 20010901. Will this output sas date ?
Yes
Why not try it?
data test;
hire_date='20090901';
cov_date=input(hire_date, yymmdd10.)+360;
format cov_date date9.;
run;
proc print;
run;
Output from sas window.
Obs date cov_date
1 20090901 27AUG2010
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